gruffly

he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned.

他说话很粗暴，好像是害怕他邀请会被拒绝似。

Jean Valjean gruffly and grumblingly paid Marie-Claude for the pint of milk behind their mother's back, and the children were not punished.

冉阿让气冲冲，嘴里唠叨不绝，瞒着孩子们把牛奶钱照付给玛丽-克洛德，他们才没有挨揍。